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The Pharmaceutical Journal |
Very poorly controlled asthma lasts more than a decade for half of patients
The Pharmaceutical Journal The researchers, who presented their results at the American Thoracic Society International Conference on 15–18 May 2016, say that alternative treatment strategies and helping patients to quit smoking could improve the asthma control of these patients. |
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Telegraph.co.uk |
Half a million children with asthma may not actually have condition
Telegraph.co.uk In a new study published in the British Journal of General Practice, researchers from the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, The Netherlands, looked at the medical records of 656 children diagnosed with asthma at four centres. 53 per cent were found … Asthma could be misdiagnosed in up to half of children with condition Half of all childhood asthma cases are 'overdiagnosed' GPs to trial new tests for asthma amid concerns about overdiagnosis |
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NBCSports.com |
Greg Hardy not able to start the second half
NBCSports.com Dude was probably having an asthma attack. There's a good reason why he's sitting on the bench inhaling oxygen from a tank after a halftime of rest. As much as I dislike Hardy, people need to give him a break here and benefit of doubt. I don't have … Carolina Panthers' group effort keeps Cowboys' Greg Hardy off stat sheet 5 thoughts: Without Tony Romo, Cowboys looking at a top 5 draft pick Dallas Cowboys' Greg Hardy has zero impact against Carolina Panthers |
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Despite guidelines, half of children with asthma do not receive a management plan
Healio SAN DIEGO — Despite an increase in the percentage of children with persistent asthma who have received a written asthma management plan, 49% of patients still did not receive one, with significant variations by race and insurance status. Researchers from Montefiore and Einstein to Present Findings at Pediatric … |
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Investigational Asthma Treatment Cuts Exacerbation Rates in Half
Pharmacy Times (registration) The study compared the anti-interleukin-5 (IL-5) monoclonal antibody, reslizumab, with placebo in 953 patients with both asthma and elevated blood eosinophil levels. The research team found that patients treated with reslizumab in the first study … |
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NBCSports.com |
Asthma attack kept Eddie Lacy out in first half
NBCSports.com An ill-timed asthma attack did what the Cowboys Defense couldn't. “You know your body is good enough to go out and play,” Lacy said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “But … you just can't breathe. And it's a breathing thing. It's not something you … Packers' Eddie Lacy comes back after being slowed by asthma Eddie Lacy: Asthma shouldn't be an issue in Seattle Packers RB Eddie Lacy had bad asthma attack in second quarter |
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Nearly Half of Older Adults With Asthma, COPD Still Smoke: CDC – WebMD
WebMD … (CDC) statistics come a day after the release of another agency report, which found that 15 percent of Americans between 40 and 79 years of age suffer from some form of lung obstruction — typically asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease … |
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Nearly Half of Older Adults With Asthma, COPD Still Smoke: CDC
U.S. News & World Report WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Close to half of U.S. adults over 40 who have trouble breathing due to asthma or COPD still continue to smoke, federal health officials reported Wednesday. The findings highlight the difficulty facing many … About 1 in 7 Older Adults Has Some Form of Lung Disease: CDC US Lung Obstruction Rates Steady at About 15% |
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Nature World News |
Drugs Used in Asthma Inhalers Make Children Half a Centimeter Shorter than …
Nature World News New research suggests that inhaled corticosteroids, drugs given to people suffering from asthma, can suppress growth in children in the first year of the treatment. Two study reviews, conducted by researchers at Federal University of Rio Grande in Rio … |
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Telegraph.co.uk |
Asthma inhalers make children half a centimetre shorter
Telegraph.co.uk British health experts and asthma charities said that half a centimetre was a 'small price to pay' for medicine which could save a child's life. Some 1.1 million children are treated each year for asthma with inhaled corticosteroids prescribed as the … |
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